Licensed Professional Counselor with 20+ years experience including community mental health, corrections and private practice. Approved Consultant in EMDR, Certified EMDR Therapist. Specializing in trauma, EMDR, family systems,adults, adolescents, families and couples. Offering EMDR consultation to all levels of EMDR therapists.

It takes courage to seek help. I believe that every person can benefit from self-reflection and developing more effective ways to cope with the difficult parts of life. I strive to create collaborative therapeutic relationships with my clients with respect for each person's autonomy and strength. With over six years of experience working with young adults in a PHP/IOP setting, I aim to meet clients where they're at with empathy and compassion.

My therapeutic approach is integrative and holistic. Utilizing skills from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Acceptance Commitment Therapy, I empower clients to make choices aligned with their goals and values.

I am also the co-founder of Connected Roots: a unique and holistic therapy practice built upon the three pillars of connection, grounding and confidence.

Building a healthy therapeutic relationship based on support, trust, and empathy are of most importance to me. I believe people have personal insight, wisdom, and unique strengths that we can rediscover and leverage to obtain relief and goals. Leveraging both a depth and humanistic approach, I understand that we are deeply affected by our past, our environment, and our relationships. I have experience with trauma, crisis, loss, grief, anxiety, depression, and eating disorders and use a wide variety of techniques that best serve your individual presenting needs. I look forward to hearing from you and beginning the journey together.

My specialization is working with adults who experienced childhood abuse & neglect, although I work with other issues as well. Reasonable rates. Author of Healing From Trauma(2008) and The Emotionally Absent Mother (2010), both self-help books.

My work draws from many traditions. These include working with “parts” of self, including inner child parts; somatically oriented trauma therapy; working relationally to help heal attachment wounds; and working with beliefs and life structures when that is relevant. I find that being a consistent, caring presence and having traveled through much of this territory myself in my own healing are central to my work.